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Summary

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Elite Deviance is the only text in this area that takes a holistic view as it traces the causes of elite deviance to the structure of power and wealth in the United States. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface

ix

1 The Nature of Elite Deviance

1

(46)

Scandal-Plagued America: The Bush Years as Metaphor

1

(11)

Scandals within the Economic Sphere

9

(3)

A Theory of Elite Deviance

12

(21)

The U.S. Social Structure: The Power Elite

13

(7)

Economy-State Linkages and the Functions of Government

20

(8)

Benefits That Elites Seek from the State

28

(2)

The Higher Immorality and Links between Various Kinds of Crime

30

(3)

The Classification of Elite Deviance

33

(5)

Acts of Economic Domination

36

(1)

Crimes of Government and Governmental Control

37

(1)

Elite Deviance as a Denial, of Basic Human Rights

37

(1)

Conditions Leading to Elite Deviance

38

(1)

Consequences of Elite Deviance

39

(1)

Conclusion

40

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 1.1

41

(1)

Endnotes

41

(6)

2 Elite Deviance and the Higher Immorality

47

(50)

The Nature of the Higher Immorality

47

(8)

Case Study: The Savings and Loan Scandal

48

(7)

The Higher Immorality and the Political Economy

55

(16)

Corporate Compensation: Salaries, Taxes, and Perks

55

(3)

Welfare for the Well-Off: Tax Breaks

58

(1)

The Asset Depletion Range

59

(1)

Taxes and Multinational Corporations

60

(1)

Misappropriated Charity: Foundations

60

(1)

Royalties for the Rich: Subsidies

61

(4)

The Creation of Crisis

65

(4)

Antitrust Laws

69

(2)

The Higher Immorality and Corporate Crime

71

(4)

Penalties: The Double Standard

73

(1)

Public Awareness

74

(1)

Organized Crime and the Business Elite

75

(14)

Organized Crime and Repression

75

(5)

Organized Crime and Profits

80

(2)

Organized Crime and the Political Elite

82

(4)

The Vatican Bank Scandal

86

(3)

Conclusion

89

(2)

Critical Thinking Exercise 2.1

91

(1)

Endnotes

91

(6)

3 Corporate Deviance: Monopoly, Manipulation, and Fraud

97

(35)

Costs of Corporate Crime

97

(1)

Penalties for Corporate Crime

98

(1)

Monopolies

99

(7)

The Corporate Frankenstein

100

(4)

Case Study: The Automobile Industry

104

(2)

Price-Fixing

106

(5)

Case Study: The Electrical Conspiracy

109

(2)

Price Gouging

111

(5)

Taking Advantage of the Disadvantaged

111

(1)

Taking Advantage of Unusual Events

112

(1)

Making Extraordinary Profits through Deception

113

(3)

Deceptive Advertising

116

(4)

Fraud

120

(6)

Conclusion

126

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 3.1

127

(1)

Endnotes

127

(5)

4 Corporate Deviance: Human Jeopardy

132

(38)

Individual Jeopardy

132

(22)

Unsafe Products

132

(4)

Food Pollution

136

(8)

The Tobacco Industry

144

(4)

Dangerous Working Conditions

148

(6)

Collective Jeopardy

154

(10)

Wasting Resources

154

(4)

Polluting the Environment

158

(6)

Conclusion

164

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 4.1

165

(1)

Endnotes

166

(4)

5 National Defense, Multinational Corporations, and Human Rights

170

(35)

The Military-Industrial Complex

176

(9)

The Defense Establishment' and Its Origins

176

(5)

Consequences of Defense Policies

181

(2)

The New Global Economy

183

(2)

Deviance and Multinational Corporations

185

(5)

Government Policy

187

(1)

Dumping Toxic Waste

188

(2)

Human Rights, Multinationals, and U.S. Foreign Policy

190

(11)

Iran

193

(2)

Latin America

195

(3)

Chile

198

(1)

Assessing U.S. Support

199

(2)

Conclusion

201

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 5.1

201

(1)

Endnotes

202

(3)

6 Political Corruption: Continuity and Change

205

(38)

Money and Politics

209

(20)

Purchasing Goods and Services

209

(2)

Public Funds

211

(1)

Public Property

212

(1)

Tax Assessment and Collection

213

(1)

Regulation of Commercial Activities

213

(1)

Zoning and Land Use

214

(1)

The Legislative Process

215

(5)

Law Enforcement

220

(4)

The Organization of Power

224

(5)

Corruption and Power

229

(9)

The Powerful Controlling the Powerless

229

(4)

Election Fraud

233

(1)

Unfair Campaign Conduct

234

(3)

Money in Elections

237

(1)

Conclusion

238

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 6.1

239

(1)

Endnotes

239

(4)

7 Political Deviance

243

(39)

The Corrupting Environment of Politics

248

(4)

Domestic Political Deviance

252

(19)

Secrecy, Lying, and Deception

252

(6)

Abuse of Power by Government Agencies

258

(3)

Political Prisoners

261

(4)

Official Violence

265

(6)

International Crimes

271

(4)

U.S. Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of Other Nations

271

(1)

War Crimes

272

(3)

Conclusion

275

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 7.1

276

(1)

Endnotes

277

(5)

8 Understanding Elite Deviance

282

(32)

Why Elite Deviance?

282

(1)

Elite Deviance and the Sociological Imagination: A Paradigm for Analysis